NT Warrior: Crimson Flash!

This episode only aired in Canada, possibly because the imagery with TorchMan is a bit violent for this show even, without the associated humor. About this point in the series, the show got shown in whatever the fuck order Kids WB felt like, and the next episode they aired from the last one was seven episodes later. There wasn't any real break between the last episode and the next one they aired, so I have no idea what the fuck.

Plot Synopsis
Mr. Match is lying unconscious in a hospital bed, and the other WWW agents are waiting for him to come to in the waiting room. Well look at that, the WWW agents are friends after all! They're really worried about what they're going to tell Mr. Match about what happened to TorchMan. Just before the opening credits, we see Mr. Famous looking over a hologram of a very damaged TorchMan, "you'll do nicely," he says.

We're then taken three episodes back to the Virus Factory episode, where MegaMan, Roll and Glyde find a wounded TorchMan lying in the sewers. The scene is replayed where TorchMan relays the information about Grave's virus factory to MegaMan. When MegaMan leaves, the scene continues from Mr. Match's perspective. He's lost contact with TorchMan, so Maddy, Zap and Yahoot jack in their navis to NetCity to look for him.

For this show, the next scene is a little intense. Back to TorchMan in the sewers, he's approached slowly by a mysterious Navi. TorchMan trembles with fear, as FreezeMan shows up and starts attacking the defenseless navi. He breaks off TorchMan's arm, which bleeds data everywhere, and Mr. Match just barely catches a glimpse, as FreezeMan sends an attack that sends a power surge through the PET, shocking Mr. Match unconscious. TorchMan tries to crawl away, but FreezeMan slowly follows behind him, and finishes him off with a final blast. Unable to jack out, TorchMan is deleted.

Mr. Match awakens in the hospital and checks the PET to confirm what just happened. He heads back to some sort of base WWW has setup, where he has TorchMan's frame stored. It's in horrible shape, but Mr. Match vows to bring TorchMan back, and have them take their revenge on FreezeMan and Grave.

We jump forward to the last episode that aired, showing the penguins freezing over the city. In #1 Curry, Maddy, Zap and Yahoot are serving Mr. Famous as they are watching the destruction Grave is causing go on, maybe a little jealous about it. Mr. Famous brings about his PET with a new navi, HeatMan. He's built HeatMan to take down Grave, but he needs TorchMan's data to finish him. In the mean time, he's inhibited HeatMan's functionality so not to over accelerate his processors or something. I guess HeatMan is under-clocked?

Despite his inhibitors, HeatMan is still powerful enough to blast all of the remaining WWW navis, forcing them to all log out at once. They decide to take HeatMan to Mr. Match but are stopped by the penguins. The penguins freeze WWW, but HeatMan manages to take them all out. Mr. Famous gets to Mr. Match and tells him of his plans, that if TorchMan's data goes into HeatMan, TorchMan will live on, and Mr. Match will be able to stop Grave. Mr. Match is reluctant at first, but Maddy convinces him.

We go back to the fight between MegaMan and FreezeMan. With FreezeMan within his sight, Mr. Match jacks in HeatMan, and fights FreezeMan. The conclusion of the episode brings everything up to speed with the end of the last episode. Mr. Match is certain him and HeatMan will make a good team.

Critique
I gave both the Virus Factory, and DenTech City's Deep Freeze thumbs down, because I thought the episodes weren't very interesting. This on the other hand, is a great episode. It's Mr. Match's strongest for sure, and the intensity really heightens the excitement of the episode. This episode seems really short as well, because it moves really fast. The splicing in of the last episode could have been lazy, but those scenes are more or less to establish the time these events are happening, rather than for filler.

When you have a stronger supporting cast than the main cast, they tend to get some screen time, and it's interesting to see how the former main villains can be shown in a sympathetic light. Mr. Famous starts making his role known a bit, though it gets much more focused later on, and I think giving him an English accent works well for the character. The good characters keep this episode going, and there's enough emotion to keep it interesting as well. This is one of the few episodes this season that works well.

Rating: Thumbs up!